Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records
Scope and Contents note
The records in this series are for the Committee formed in 1983 to consider the rate review and increase in 1984, as well as for the Committee looking at issues related to the 1987-1988 rate review. Records include Committee minutes, copies of Resolutions related to rate review procedures, a membership roster, the charter for the Committee, the work program schedule, reference materials gathered by the Committee, and recommendations of the Committee to the City Council, Mayor, and Superintendent of City Light.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-1988
Creator
- Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
An independent Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee was established in July 1978 by Resolution 25852. The Committee, comprised of individuals with a particular interest and knowledge of electrical rates, was responsible for providing review, comment, and recommendations to the Superintendent of City Light regarding the work of the department's Rate Preparation Team and consultants hired to assist in the rate review and increase process. The Committee also was responsible for issuing comments and recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on all final products produced by City Light related to rate review. The Committee was staffed by City Light.
The Committee was not a standing or ongoing entity. It was established to serve only through the rate review cycle. Meetings usually occurred over the course of one year. City Light conducted rate reviews every two years during the 1980s. A new committee was formed during the year preceding the anticipated year of rate change and was established by passage a new City Council Resolution. The size and membership requirements of the committee changed with each new iteration.
Full Extent
0.4 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records from a committee formed to provide comments and recommendations to Seattle City Light regarding electric rate increases.
Subject
- Seattle City Light (Organization)
- Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records 1983-1984
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline
- Date
- Š 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv19772
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository